diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyRelease.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyRelease.java
index 848768193..4e43a7335 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyRelease.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyRelease.java
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ public final class yacyRelease extends yacyVersion {
         try {
             if (this.publicKey != null) {
 //                final byte[] signatureData = Client.wget(this.getUrl().toString() + ".sig", reqHeader, 6000);
-            	final byte[] signatureData = client.GETbytes(this.getUrl().toString());
+            	final byte[] signatureData = client.GETbytes(this.getUrl().toString() + ".sig");
                 if (signatureData == null) {
                     Log.logWarning("yacyVersion", "download of signature " + this.getUrl().toString() + " failed. ignoring signature file.");
                 } else try {
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/Client.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/Client.java
index 70dd20c9e..c5e9f09cd 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/Client.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/Client.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpHead;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
-import org.apache.http.client.params.ClientPNames;
 import org.apache.http.client.params.CookiePolicy;
 import org.apache.http.client.params.HttpClientParams;
 import org.apache.http.conn.ClientConnectionManager;
@@ -123,12 +122,13 @@ public class Client {
 		final SchemeRegistry schemeRegistry = new SchemeRegistry();
 		schemeRegistry.register(new Scheme("http", PlainSocketFactory.getSocketFactory(), 80));
 		schemeRegistry.register(new Scheme("https", SSLSocketFactory.getSocketFactory(), 443));
+		
+		// cookie policy
+		HttpClientParams.setCookiePolicy(httpParams, CookiePolicy.BEST_MATCH);
 
 		ClientConnectionManager clientConnectionManager = new ThreadSafeClientConnManager(httpParams, schemeRegistry);
 
 		httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(clientConnectionManager, httpParams);
-		// cookie policy
-		httpClient.getParams().setParameter(ClientPNames.COOKIE_POLICY, CookiePolicy.BEST_MATCH);
 		// ask for gzip
 		((AbstractHttpClient) httpClient).addRequestInterceptor(new GzipRequestInterceptor());
 		// uncompress gzip